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NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Seniors at North Stafford High School walked across the stage to receive their diplomas on Saturday.
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When I heard about Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean T. Connaughton’s uttering those words, I couldn’t believe it. When I heard it from multiple sources, I was shocked. I lost faith in Transportation Planning in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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After a long, somewhat chilly spring it’s finally summer. But not just summer – it’s the start of Beach Week. And if you’re reading this, then you are probably stuck in weekend getaway traffic and so bored you’re surfing the web on your over-priced phone.
I don’t blame you.
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![Fire and rescue crews were dispatched to Stafford Regional Airport for a report of a downed airplane that turned out to be a false alarm. [Photo: Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/061413-Stafford-fire-chief.jpg)
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Fire and rescue crews in Stafford County spent their evening Friday looking for an aircraft reported to be in distress.
At 10:15 p.m., about 45 minutes after the call went out, search was referred to as a “wild goose” chase.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Several versions of a new logo were considered in the search for what symbol should represent Prince William County.
Now that use of the infamous “blue box” logo has been halted, prior versions of a new logo for the county produced before the blue box design have been made public.
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MANASSAS, Va. — Richard D. Sword appeared in the Manassas Courthouse yet again in the ongoing saga of the Sword trial. Richard Sword and his brother Gerry were arrested on murder charges in late 2012 for the death of 44-year-old Anthony Bailey of Manassas.
In February, the charge was reduced to tampering, transporting, secreting, concealing or altering a dead body after the medical examiner’s report showed that Bailey died from a mixture of ethanol, Paroxetine (an anti-depressant), and Benedryl.
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MANASSAS, Va. — Lyle Foster III was found by a family member late Wednesday evening in Manassas.
The man, missing from his Georgetown South home since Monday morning, was located on Wellington Road by a family member who was driving in the area and “had a hunch” to look in the area, said city police spokeswoman Adrianne Helms.
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KJ Mushung, a reporter and copy editor for Potomac Local News, won 10 awards in the Virginia Press Women’s annual contest. Six of the awards were for her work at Northern Virginia Community College and four for work in Potomac Local News. One of the entries for NOVA went on to win a national award.
For Potomac Local News, Mushung placed first in both food writing and environmental writing, she placed second in online feature writing and in general news story online.
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![Brentsville District High School graduated 200 students at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. [Photo: Delegate Richard Anderson]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/061313-brentsville-graduati-600x440.jpg)
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Despite the weather today, seniors at Patriot High School in Nokesville will have their graduation ceremony as planned, they’ll just have to do it inside the school’s gymnasium.
The indoor graduation moved from the school’s football field means attendees will be issued tickets to view the ceremony either in person or on a closed-circuit TV channel inside the school.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A pedestrian was struck this morning on Caton Hill Road near Minnieville Road. Police said the adult male victim was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The area where the crash happened was reopened to traffic just after 9 a.m.